At first glance, Ashinano Hitoshi’s 1995 sci-fi world seems no more than a quiet and rural part of modern Japan, but the easygoing protagonists live amidst ruin in what would have been the metropolitan Tokyo Bay. Entire cities have sunk and an untold number of lives have likely been shattered, yet the comic takes solace, even joy, in depicting the beauty of the world as humanity sits back to accept its fate.
Undeniably pretty, Woodpecker Detective’s Office otherwise only begins to scratch the surface of what makes a good mystery series.
The greatest paradox of 22/7’s inaugural episode is how much it wishes to tell you the idol industry is full of shit and how much it attempts to lionize the 22/7 group’s founding as a legendary idol unit.
Cinnamon Nobunaga is a decent comedy where some of the jokes may fail to land if you’re not aware of 16th-century Japanese history, but it’s easy enough to get and visually humorous enough that it’s not really a prerequisite to enjoy.
If you want a slightly more serious fantasy MMORPG anime for this season, this might be your ticket.
It is I, Anime Feminist’s resident catgirl and catgirl-respecter Chiaki, and I am here to tell you Nekopara is exactly what I thought it would be and I fully endorse it despite all its faults.
Do you like cute animal videos on Youtube? Then you’ll like this show.
Hatena Illusion spends its first episode ignoring its most interesting portions on magic to instead do a by-the-numbers middle school romance plot.
Subpar production, sexual harassment, and an abusive and spiteful lead will likely place Seton Academy in the back of the pack for this season.
Despite a doubleheader premier, Darwin’s Game fails to say much aside from proving it’s going to get gory.
Whereas it could have gone for a more contrived story of a princess waiting to awaken the secret powers within her, Assassins Pride hints this will be more a political cloak-and-dagger tale with elements of combat and fantasy.
When two of “Nice Guy” Joro’s closest friends suddenly ask to go on what is only describable as a date, you can’t help but know there’s going to be a train wreck at the end of it. And boy, is there.
Overall, Kochoki is a fun time, and I like the character designs. Nothing’s egregious, so if you want some very loose historical fiction, this might be a good show to pick up.
With all that can potentially go wrong, Demon Lord, Retry! faces a Sysphean challenge to being “a good anime” by my measure, so I’m not really going to stick around to see where it goes.
For a show ostensibly about Buddhism, there sure are a lot of worldly desires being catered to here.
Nariyuki isn’t a bad protagonist for a harem anime, but the basic setting lends to some flaws in an otherwise good show.
Rutaro Hina, 21, is a newcomer manga artist from Tokyo whose recent work focuses on trans issues in Japan. This interview is in both English and Japanese. このインタビューは英語、日本語両方でご覧になれます。
Anyway, yeah, it’s a harem anime.
For all the fanfare lent to Dimension High School being a show that transcends reality, it’s kinda boring how the fight for the fate of the 3-D world lies on a series of brain-teaser puzzles.
Is it okay to own another person? No, of course not. Yet here I am, wearing a collar around my neck.
